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Diagnosing gastrointestinal stromal tumors: The utility of fine-needle aspiration cytology versus biopsy.
Cancer medicine - 1 Jul 2022
Zhang Yifan, Renberg Sara, Papakonstantinou Andri, Haglund de Flon Felix
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BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal tumors in the intestinal tract originating from a precursor to the interstitial cells of Cajal, which plays a role in gastric motility. The preoperative diagnosis of GIST may be very important for the surgical approach or the need for neoadjuvant treatment and is often done in conjunction with molecular testing. DESIGN: GISTs diagnosed in...
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